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- This article is about modern Tseer. For Classical Tseer, see Tseer/Classical.
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| Pronunciation | [/dəwüts tʃẽʃ/] |
| Created by | IlL |
| Setting | Verse:Tricin |
Lakovic
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Tseer (chair; natively døludx Tseer Classical: /døludz tʃẽr̝/ Modern: /dəwüts tʃẽʃ/ (the -x is a feminine marker); Skellan: brits Txeñz) is a Lakovic language spoken in Talma. It is inspired mainly by Hmong and Somali, with touches of Burmese (especially for Modern Tseer), Vietnamese and Satem IE languages like Polish.
Tseer was a prominent classical language of Talma, second to Windermere; it left a significant influence on Windermere and Skellan.
Unlike Windermere, Tsrovesh, or Häskä, Tseer epenthesized initial clusters or vocalized the laryngeal *H in clusters.
Phonology
- th~ts merger like Hanoi Vietnamese
- Different pronunciations of Classical r:
- Cr clusters = /Cj/ in Modern Tseezh, while it was /Cr/ in Classical Tseezh.
- Syllable-final r = [ʃ]
- Otherwise r = [r]
- ð is pronounced [ɣ] in conservative accents. Usually it disappears and causes compensatory lengthening of the previous vowel.
- Unstressed nasal vowels > syllabic nasals: oozhad > nzhad
Nasal/nonnasal vowel split
a e i o u ø /ɑ æ i o ü ə/ + að eð ið oð uð øð (long versions)
aa ee ii oo uu øø = /ã ẽj~ẽ e õw~õ u ɚ/ + aað eeð iið ooð uuð øøð long versions [These also occur for V + nasal consonant]
e /æ/ is [ɛ] before zh.
o /o/ is [u] after /w/.
Morphology
Phonology
| I | thou (m.) | thou (f.) | he | she | we (exc.) | we (inc.) | you (pl.) | they (an.) | |
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| Subject cliti | -ir | -ekh | -ex | -in | -eex | -ree | -ba | -nin | -neex |
| Full pronouns | ree | khen | kheex | in | eex | reeri | baa | inin | ineex |
Nouns
Verbs
Modern Tseer retains most of the Classical verb morphology but changed some of the meanings.
Verb template
Same as in Classical Tseer
Agreement
Feminine subject: va-
Voice
Passive: haa- (~ Windermere ha-)
Verbal number
Pluractionality: akh-
TAM
Aspects/Tenses (needs some fusion):
- 0- = atelic past
- tho- = telic past
- we- = atelic nonpast
- otho- = telic nonpast (often future)
Imperative?
Derivational morphology
Syntax
VSOX, VSXO with pronominal objects
Sample texts
UDHR, Article 1
Eehayxeew vikhon zhakhod mog xiwakoo de thøzh me nfidhx de xanøkhx.
PLACT-PASS-give_birth all human to free and equal in dignity and rights.
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.